Where does “慣用読み” come from?

慣用読み (Japanese) comes from Japanese 読み, from Japanese 読む — to read; to count; to infer; to speculate.

慣用読み (Japanese): A reading of a kanji that is commonly accepted,...

Definitions

  1. A reading of a kanji that is commonly accepted,...

Ancestry of “慣用読み”, step by step

慣用読み traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 読み

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese読みreading; speculation
2Japanese読むto read; to count; to infer; to speculate

via Japanese 慣用

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese慣用everyday use, common usage; use customarily, use...
2Chinese慣用to use consistently; to practice habitually;...
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